The Press., 1887-12-29
TSsuGiEVGFy Thursday Evening.
LOCAL TOPICs-PENN'D AND sCIssORED.

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 LOCAL TOPICs-PENN'D AND sCISsORED.
 -Willimantic Journal Mrs. John Grun. dy, nee Margaret Burns, formerly of this place, now of Stafford, has obtained pen. sion covering the period between 1865 and 1876. The amount is $1 400 with an annex of $500. 1t required three years time to secure this pension.
 Daniel Chapman, who died in Cheshire on Saturday, Dec 17th, was an old resi- dent of Holland, aged S4 years. His re- mains were inferred in the North ceme- tery, Holland.
 The item below, from the Topeka (Kansas) Capital, relates to former hon. ored citizen of Stafford. It is quite re- markable that after the lapse of so many years and nt point so far from the place ofuccurrence of the event celebrated, five of the original witnesses (exclusive of the two principals) should be of the company met to celebrate the anniversary
 In the village of Hume, in Western New York, on December 15, 1852, Mir. J. M. Washburn and Miss Cornelia Sweet were united in marriage, and the 35th anniytrsary of this event was celebrated on Thursday evening last at their residence, No. 1I9 East Ninth Street. Their friends to the number of thirty took them by storm, the visit proving complete surprise, and after an evening spent in social pleasure they sought their own homes leaving behind them many elegant tokens of esteem. The following of those present, at tended the wedding 35 years ago: MT. and Mrs. A. Washburn, MT. and Mrs G. s. Cor don and MT. W. l.. Gordon, all well known residents of this city.
 Springfield Republican, Nov. I3, 1887 {: A delightful home gathering was held Sat urday at the old brick house which stands back from Chestnut street on the Massa soft farm, the occasion being the golden wedding of Albert P. Chapin, the superin- tendent of the farm, and his wife. MT. and Mrs. Ohapin show but little the weight of their 70 years, and were the most blithe of thoee who gathered there. The cele- bration was somewhat of a surprise to them, for, having no children of their own, they had expected to let the day pass un. observed, but their brothers and nephews took care that the occasion should be one long to be remembered by them. An old fashioned dinner, such as only good house wives of the decade past know how to cook, was spread in the dining room on the table, which had to be heightened to allow the members of three generations to gather round 1t. Farmer Chapin, hale and hearty, sat at the head in an arm chair, which is 150 years old, and not only belonged to his grandfather but resembled the one in which Gen. Washington used to sit. Around the board were Marvin and Ethan Chapin, Mrs. Ethan Chapin, Mrs. Daniel Allen Reed and family, MT. and Mrs. Dr. Chapman of Longmeadow, Mrs. William H. Hale and family, William H. Chapin, proprietor of the Massasoit House, and his sister, Miss Chapin, chil- dren of Horace Chapin, who lives in H. linois, and who was the only one of the four brothers unable to be present, and Ethan s. Robinson and wife. To add to the charm of the feast, which consisted of such substantial dishes as roast turkey, done to turn, and all kinds of fluffy crust served from old d-fashioned china, curiously marked and which surpassed in age the oldest at the table. Among the dishes was pie plate which once furnished the table at the Cabot House ill Chloopee, and blue china dish, tea-cups and a set of spoons which Mir. Chapin had made ex- pressly for his use when he was proprietor of the old Springfield hotel, where the Ex- change hotel now stands. In the center of the table was bunch of flowers given by Adolph Milliez and presented by Miss Belle Milliez. He also contributed iap- onlcas and rich boquet of roses and maid en hair expressly for Mrs. Chapin.
 MT. Chapin gave his wife 8 gold ring. Many presents were brought for MT. and Mrs. Ohapin, including two parlor arm chairs from the brothers, a silver spoon holder from Mrs. w. H. Roundy, a cousin of Mrs. Chapin, pair of large warm nit tens for Mir. Chapin, made by Mrs. Eliza Robbins of Peru, Vt, who is 86 years old, and pair of wristers from Mrs. Robbins for her aunt, Mrs. Ohapin, as we'll as a host of cards offering the heartiest con- gratulations.
 The marriage, the 50th anniversary of which was celebrated Saturday, took place at Stafford, Conn. at the house of Rev. Mr. Cole. The bride was Miss Olive Moulton, the daughter of Asa Moulton, who lived in Monson in house which, though unoc- cupied, is still standing. MT. Chapin had come to Stafford from Somers, Conn.,, where he was born in 1916, being the son of Samuel Chapin, and was engaged at his trade as locksmith. He met Miss Moulton while she was visiting sister in Stafford. In 1887 Mir. Chapin moved to Chicopee and took the Cabot House, with his two brothers, Marvin and Ethan, and after re. maining there three years they took a five. years lease of the old Springfield tavern. MT. Ohapin sold his share of the business in 1842 to Marvin Chapin, who was build ing the Massssoit House, and after being engaged in farming at Willimansett and Granby, he took the Massasoit farm IS years ago. This farm has always beer owned by the proprietors of the Massasoi
 House, and the brick house was built 4C years ago, the first and only occupant be side MT. Chapin being his brother, Horace Chapin. William H. Chapln, the present
 manager of the Massasoit, was born in thi old house, and lived there II years. Ther' also Alfred P. Chapin and his wife hay, spent 19 happy years. Their union hai
 been blessed with two sons, one of whom died in infancy, and the other was killet in the civil war near Richmond, after serv ing three years as @ member of the 27tl
 Massachusetts volunteers. Mir. Chapi spends much of his time among his book
 in the evenings, and he has @ rare collec
 tion of old volumes.
 The toll bridge commissioners hay indicated the following towns as proper t
 be put upon the list to bear the burden c